"Despite their injuries, the two soldiers survived and have been transported to Kyiv," Zelensky wrote in a post on X, sharing photos of their captives.
Ukraine forces captured them in Russia's western Kursk region, a territory currently occupied by Ukraine. They are currently being investigated by Ukrainian authorities.
Calling it "not an easy task," Zelensky said, "Russian forces and other North Korean military personnel usually execute their wounded to erase any evidence of North Korea's involvement in the war against Ukraine."
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the country's intelligence agency, said that it has questioned one the two soldiers – both reportedly in their 20s – with the help of interpreters in cooperation with South Korea's spy agency.
"It is noteworthy that the prisoner..... emphasises that he was allegedly going for training, not to fight a war against Ukraine," said SBU in a statement.
The latest capture comes just weeks after the first case of a North Korean soldier being taken captive late last month, who later succumbed to his injuries.
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Park Sae-jin
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